Lawrence and the 1912 Bread and Roses Strike

Lawrence and the 1912 Bread and Roses Strike
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 128
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ISBN-10 : 9781439643846
ISBN-13 : 1439643849
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Book Synopsis Lawrence and the 1912 Bread and Roses Strike by : Robert Forrant

Download or read book Lawrence and the 1912 Bread and Roses Strike written by Robert Forrant and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-26 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incorporated in 1847 on the banks of the Merrimack River, Lawrence, Massachusetts, was the final and most ambitious of New Englands planned textile-manufacturing cities developed by the Boston-area entrepreneurs who helped launch the American Industrial Revolution. With a dam and canal system to generate power, by 1912 Lawrence led the world in the production of worsted wool cloth. The Pacific Cotton Mills alone had sales of nearly $10 million and had mechanical equipment capable of producing 800 miles of finished textile fabrics every working day. However, industrial growth was accompanied by worsening health, housing, and working conditions for most of the citys workers. These were the root causes that led to the long, sometimes violent struggle between people of diverse ethnic groups and languages and the citys mill owners and overseers. The 1912 strikeknown today as the Bread and Roses Strikebecame a landmark moment in history.


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